Musical theatre

Question 1

What are the 6 musical theatre composer you need to know?

Answer 1

Richard rogers
Leonard Bernstein
Stephen Sondheim
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Stephen Schwartz
Claude-Michel Schonberg

Question 2

What decade did Richard rogers compose the sound of music?

Answer 2

1960’s

Question 3

What decade did Leonard Bernstein compose west wide story?

Answer 3

1950’s

Question 4

What decade did Stephen Sondheim compose Sweeny Todd?

Answer 4

1970’s

Question 5

What decade did Stephen Sondheim compose Into the woods?

Answer 5

1980’s

Question 6

What decade did Andrew Lloyd Webber compose Phantom of the Opera?

Answer 6

1980’s

Question 7

What decade did Andrew Lloyd Webber compose Joseph and His technicolour dream adventure?

Answer 7

1960’s

Question 8

What decade did Andrew Lloyd Webber compose Jesus Christ super star?

Answer 8

1970’s

Question 9

What decade did Stephen Schwartz compose Wicked?

Answer 9

2000’s

Question 10

What decade did Stephen Schwartz compose Prince of Egypt?

Answer 10

1990’s

Question 11

What decade did Claude-Michel Schonberg compose Mis Saigon?

Answer 11

1980’s

Question 12

what decade did Claude Michel Schonberg compose les Misérables?

Answer 12

1970’s

Question 13

What musicals did Claude Michel Schonberg compose?

Answer 13

Les Misérables
Mis Saigon

Question 14

What musicals did Stephen Schwartz compose?

Answer 14

Wicked
Prince of Egypt

Question 15

What musicals did Andrew Lloyd Webber compose?

Answer 15

Joseph and his Technicolour dream
Phantom of the opera
Jesus Christ superstar

Question 16

What musicals did Stephen Sondheim compose?

Answer 16

Sweeny Todd
Into the Woods

Question 17

What Musicals did Leonard Bernstein compose?

Answer 17

West side story

Question 18

What musicals did Richard Rogers compose?

Answer 18

Sound of Music

Question 19

How can you recognise Richard Rogers?

Answer 19

Older style with lots of ornamentation

Question 20

How can you recognise Leonard Bernstein?

Answer 20

Dramatic melodies with lots of textures with dynamic ranges.
Jazz and Broadway elements
Time signature changes a lot

Question 21

How can you recognise Stephen Sondheim ?

Answer 21

Dissonant Harmonies

Question 22

How can you recognise Andrew Lloyd Webber?

Answer 22

Electrical Influences: He incorporates a variety of musical genres, such as classical, rock, jazz, and pop, to craft dynamic and unique scores.
Melodic Mastery: His compositions often feature memorable, soaring melodies, such as “Memory” from Cats and “The Music of the Night” from The Phantom of the Opera.
Orchestral : Lloyd Webber uses rich orchestration to create a dramatic and immersive experience for audiences.
Feels like a mix of Rock and Classical
Often features polyphonic melodies with diverse layering and abstract rhythms

Question 23

How can you recognise Steven Schwartz?

Answer 23

Lyrical writing using lots of motif’s

Question 24

How can you recognise Claude Michel Schonberg?

Answer 24

Orchestral style + use of lots of layered choir voices typically in SATB style or a SAB style
Broken chords used a lot
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